Mangelia hyemalis

Mangelia hyemalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Mangelia
Species: M. hyemalis
Binomial name
Mangelia hyemalis
(Mabille, J. & A.-T. de Rochebrune in Rochebrune, A.-T. de & J. Mabille, 1888)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma hyemalis Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889

Mangelia hyemalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 30 mm.

The shell has a fusiform shape. It is slightly translucent but still solid. The spire has an elongated conical shape. The protoconch is papillar, white and shining. The shell contains 9 whorls. They are slightly impressed towards the suture. They are at first smooth but then become obliquely costulate and rugose. The narrow aperture has an elongated oval shape with on top a large and deep sinus. The siphonal canal is very short and wide open. The columella is slightly arcuate and is thickened at its base.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tierra del Fuego.

References

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